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An antique discovery clock auction, Aug. 27, 2011 is loaded with more than 500 rare and vintage clocks from a single-owner collection. Included in the sale are American large wall clocks and case clocks, grandfather clocks and examples from England, France and Germany. This more than just a clock action. Tucked inside the sale are pendulums, weights, watchmakers’ benches and multi-drawer cabinets, watch and clock ephemera and advertising signs.Read More +

Brady Jefcoat, 95, began his collection in earnest in 1972 following the death of his wife. It has since become famous throughout the North Carolina region. His main passion is music machines, to include rare and vintage phonographs (many with horns), Regina disc players and players by other makers, jukeboxes, Victrolas, cylinder boxes, organs, band boxes, coin-operated items, Black Forest cuckoo clocks, hanging oil lamps and many other items in a variety of collecting genres. The entire collection will be sold June 18, 2011 and again June 24-25, 2011. Read More +

An early 19th century Simon Willard tall case clock, signed “Warranted by S. Willard” on the dial, sold for $32,900 at a multi-estate auction held April 23 by Gordon S. Converse & Co., in Malvern, Pa.Read More +

More than 500 lots of top market antique furniture, vintage lighting, fine art, decorative accessories, period furniture, clocks, estate jewelry and watches, including a 12-piece R.J. Horner figural carved dining set is set to light up a May 21 sale in Pittsfield, Mass. The sale is punctuated by several pieces from Tiffany studios. A key find is a bronze inkwell with the fine figure of a crab, its claws reaching forward, pinching the coiled handles of the inkwell pot mounted with an oyster shell.Read More +

A rare and important Herter Brothers cabinet fetched $36,000 while a Steinway baby grand Model S inlaid art case piano sold for $25,000 in an important fall antique and fine art auction. For all the pre-auction buzz surrounding the impressive Herter cabinet, it wasn’t the sale’s top lot.Read More +

ABERDEEN, Miss. — The estate of the late Virginia Sykes, a longtime resident of Aberdeen, Miss., will be sold at an on-site auction on March 27, beginning at 10 a.m., by Stevens Auction Company, based in Aberdeen. Read More +

WAYNE, Pa. – Coming off a highly successful vintage clocks and horology auction at the end of last year, in which about 250 lots changed hands, Gordon S. Converse & Co. will ring in 2010 with a Discovery Antique Auction on March 25, at 12:15 p.m. About 250 lots will be sold. Read More +

LITCHFIELD, Conn. – A major auction to help finish the interior of the new addition to the Litchfield Firehouse will be held Nov. 21, beginning at 5 p.m. at the firehouse, located at 258 West Street. Read More +